"I don't know the whole story. Harawira-Naera, I think he'll be back. Okunbor it's a different case, whatever he did, he got the young girl from school," Johns said.

"Okunbor I think, maybe - I don't know, but Harawira-Naera will be back."

The Newcastle great praised the club for the way they'd handled the situation.

"They're (Bulldogs) the ones who get punished. I don't know the ins and outs of what happens to the salary cap and that sort of thing but as I said, Harawira-Naera within a year or two will pop up somewhere else.

"He gets punished, but also the Bulldogs get punished.

"I've got to say, the Bulldogs in all of this should be applauded with the way this was handled.

"You can see the way Andrew Hill and Dean Pay have been trying to change some of the culture within the club."

As for how the League and clubs might prevent similar situations happening in the future, Johns said the responsibility lay with the players to remove themselves from social media.

"How much education can you give them?" he asked.

"I will give you some education - get your phones, put them in your bag and don't get them out. Don't look at social media, don't get on social media, it's simple.

"A little bit of old school, don't be knobheads, be smart.

"Go and buy a book, read some books. Watch Netflix, watch some movies or read a book, you might find you actually enjoy it.